Uganda has joined the rest of the world to commemorate world Hepatitis day. According to statistics over 12000 are affected and 200 people die of the disease every year with the northern region taking the lead in Uganda. Officiating at the commemorations of the would hepatitis day the minister of Health Dr. Ondoa Christine says that […]
The government of Uganda says it has enough Anti retroviral in stock which can last the country for six months. This follows reports that the life prolonging drugs for HIV positive people were out of stock in the country, the only one in Africa with an ARV production plant. The minister of Health Dr. Christine […]
Uganda may not be able to achieve the goals of Vision 2020 to reduce blindness in the community because of the human resource and infrastructure challenges. Vision 2020 is a program that aims at ensuring there are no cases of preventable blindness in the country by the year 2020. Dr. Ben Watmon the only eye […]
Residents and local community pressure groups in Bunyoro region want the Hoima and Kibaale district health official investigated over the expiry of government drugs. Hoima district health official Dr Joseph Ruyonga and his Kibaale counterpart Dr. Dan Kyamanya to be investigated as to why for the last nine (9) years the two districts failed to […]
India has partnered with Uganda to carry out free training for medical personnel in Heart surgery and save expenditure incurred by Ugandans who travel abroad for open heart surgery. Experts from school of Kolira Ben Hospital and research institute in India are in Uganda to identify with the assistance of their country representative Munu Kanani […]
Over 700 people living with HIV/AIDS including women in Bar sub-county in Lira district pitched camp at Bar Hospital protesting failure by health workers to get them ARVs drugs. The patients have complained that for the last one week, they have been denied access to the life prolonging drugs for HIV positive people and no […]
The Executive Director of the National Drug Authority, Sematiko Gordon Katende has said that they are yet to start testing local herbs being sold on the Uganda market. He says this is in a bid to scrutinize local medicines available on the local market. According to Sematiko, herbs which pass the test and meet the standards will […]
The director of Uganda Heart Institute Dr. John Omongino has called on the government to increase funding to the Uganda heart institute. Speaking to the media, Dr. Omongino said the current funding by the government can only meet about 0.5% of what is required by the institute. He says most of the equipment and drugs required by […]
The World Health organization confirmed that Uganda has completely eliminated Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus. The minister of state for Health Dr. Richard Nduhura says the government has confirmed that the disease is no longer a threat in Uganda. The certificate declaring the elimination of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus in Uganda was given to the ministry […]
Members of Parlaiment together with Civil Society organisations are requesting Government to address the need for family planning by increasing on financing and sensitisation which they said will help to improve on reproductive health programmes in the Country. Addressing a joint press conference at Parliament, Reproductive Health Uganda, UKAID, Network of African Women Ministers Parliamentarians […]